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In International Living’s monthly magazine, you’ll find out about everything from adventures in Panama to the best buys on the Paris property market…from how to open a bank account in your new country of residence to how to get the best deal on your next airfare…and lots more besides.

We’re continually on the move in search of paradise and as a subscriber, you’ll hear about the best opportunities from around the world first.

Incomes Abroad Newsletter

Incomes Abroad is a monthly newsletter which brings the best money-making ideas and overseas income strategies into one place—so you can find the one that’s right for you, quickly and easily, and use it to fund an international life…

Every month, Incomes Abroad connects you with people who are running thriving enterprises from some of the most desirable places on Earth, and shows you how to take advantage of the same possibilities.

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I haven’t had a “real” job—you know, one of those 9-to-5 office gigs—since 2008.

But I earn good money. Enough that I’m able to travel the world, save for retirement, and dine at nice restaurants without ever breaking a sweat about my bank account.

You see, in 2008 I quit my office job so that I could wander through the Middle East, Asia and Australia for a few years.

I liked the idea of making a living through writing. For the first two years, I looked for assignments from newspapers and magazines. But I hated sending out article pitches. I wanted editors to start approaching me, rather than me pitching them.

So, in 2010, I changed track.

I stopped sending my work to editors. I was tired of writing to their agendas and wondering if my articles would make the cut. I wanted to write what I wanted, when I wanted, without having to worry about getting approval.

So I started writing about topics that interest me. I wrote about managing money, designing your ideal lifestyle, and traveling the globe. Then, I put my articles online for people to read.

And guess what happened? Momentum began to grow. I hit an important benchmark: 5,000 people read my online work in a single month. That became 10,000 readers. Then 15,000.

Instead of having to try to get the attention of magazine and newspaper editors, they began to come looking for me. Unsolicited emails would appear in my Inbox saying, “Hi, I’m the editor of Example.com. Would you be interested in writing two articles per week for our website? The pay is $X per article.”

That happened again… and again… and again. I wasn’t sending out pitches anymore. Editors were coming to me.

Then came the advertisers. I placed Google and Amazon ads around my articles—and deposited checks in my bank account in return. In the beginning, these were small sums: $100 every three or four months from Google, and perhaps $20 a month from Amazon.

But then it grew. And it grew. And it grew.

These days, 100 percent of my income comes from opportunities that sprung from my online writing. Advertising, writing, consulting and speaking. Every single dime of my income stems directly from my decision to stop chasing editors, and to write my own way.

And the best part is that I can write my articles from anywhere on earth with an Internet connection. Hawaii? California? Thailand? Mexico? The world is wide open.

In 2011 alone, I visited New Orleans five times (yes, five), went to Florida twice. I lived in New York for a month. I spent 10 days in Nevada and another 10 days on San Maarten in the Caribbean.

I also traveled to Los Angeles, Denver, Chicago, St. Louis, Sacramento and my former hometown of Cincinnati. And I did it all without ever having to ask for a “vacation day.”

In 2012 I visited San Francisco, Tampa, Savannah, Denver and the desert in Nevada, and began making plans for some major trips in 2013, when I’ll head to Jamaica and Eastern Europe.

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